The Union Volunteer
   

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Title

      The Union Volunteer

Call #

   CWC-39

Printer

   S. C. Upham, 310 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

Description

   Depicts a Union soldier saying goodbye to his young family to return to the war; his wife and child are clinging to him as if imploring him not to go.

Inscription

   Change, Arms! The Union Volunteer leaving his "Old Arms" for the "New Minnie."

Cover size

   5 1/2 x 3 in 3.5 x 7 cm

Subjects

   United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Covers (philately)--United States--History
Pictorial works--Liberty

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